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Rita Dougan Harrison

Rita Olzak Dougan Harrison, 79, of Shaler Township, formerly of Lawrenceville, died Saturday in Coffeyville, Kan.

She was the daughter of the late Henry and Helen (Jastrzebski) Olzak Sipper; wife of the late Thomas C. Harrison; cherished mother of Thomas (Marian), Daniel (Jane), Michael, Randall (Cynthia) and Timothy (Karen) Dougan; cherished stepmother of Cathy (Martin) Zegarelli, Nadine (Robert) Hamilton and Helen (Lonny) Ross; grandmother of Jason, Joshua, Sarah, Harmony, Thomas, Casey, Timothy, Riley, and Forrest, Hunter and James Jr.; stepgrandmother of Nicole, Erin and Joel; great-grandmother of Tyler, Easton, Eve, Ben and Marnie; step-great-grandmother of Gage and Nico; and cherished sister of James (Marcy) Olzak. Also surviving are her former husband, Thomas Dougan, of Salisbury, N.C., and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

<B>HARRISON </B>— Family and friends of Rita Olzak Dougan Harrison, who died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and Friday at the <B>WALTER J. ZALEWSKI FUNERAL HOME</B>, 216 44th St., Lawrenceville. A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at All Saints Church, Etna.

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